(re-post from 5/14/2020) Museums may be closed but the voices of those we serve and hope to serve need to be heard and listened to. I hear many reasons for not doing evaluation currently because of capacity, no need, and not wanting to overwhelm attendees at virtual programming, and instead conducting what I call surface…

Evaluative thinking is a part of everyone’s human existence and the way our minds work. Interestingly, we often consider this on a personal level as being cautious, looking at the pros and cons, weighing options, and assessing risk, and not as evaluative thinking. But it is! It creeps into our lives in ways we don’t…